Copy Boy: A Novel
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"This is Raymond Chandler for feminists." —Sharma Shields, author of The Cassandra
"An engrossing work of fiction. An expressive and striking story that examines what one does for family and for oneself." —Kirkus Reviews
"Underneath a neatly crafted thriller is a deeper story about social mobility, gender inequality, and the higher hurdles women — particularly those of a lower class — are sometimes forced to jump over in order to make a name for themselves." —Paperback Paris
Jane's a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She'll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that's a long way off.
Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma's Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy.
Everything's looking up. She's climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper's front page, his arm around a girl who's just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane's newspaper―hit in the head with a crowbar.
Jane's got to find Daddy before he finds her, and before everyone else finds her out. She's got to protect her invented identity. This is what she thinks she wants. It's definitely what her dead brother wants.
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Shelley Blanton-Stroud. (2020). Copy Boy: A Novel. Unabridged She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Shelley Blanton-Stroud. 2020. Copy Boy: A Novel. She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Shelley Blanton-Stroud, Copy Boy: A Novel. She Writes Press, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Shelley Blanton-Stroud. Copy Boy: A Novel. Unabridged She Writes Press, 2020.
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"An engrossing work of fiction. An expressive and striking story that examines what one does for family and for oneself." —Kirkus Reviews
"Underneath a neatly crafted thriller is a deeper story about social mobility, gender inequality, and the higher hurdles women — particularly those of a lower class — are sometimes forced to jump over in order to make a name for themselves." —Paperback Paris
Jane's a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She'll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that's a long way off.
Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma's Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy.
Everything's looking up. She's climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections with the artists and thinkers of her day. But then Daddy reappears on the paper's front page, his arm around a girl who's just been beaten into a coma one block from Jane's newspaper―hit in the head with a crowbar.
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A novel about an ambitious young woman who navigates familial trauma while working as a copy boy in late-1930s San Francisco. At the height of the Great Depression, 17-year-old Jane Hopper arrives home one night to find her pregnant mother packing their possessions into the car of federal labor camp manager Uno Jeffers. Her mother wants them to move, and when Jane's father, Abraham, arrives home inebriated and angry, a domestic brawl ensues. Jane feels an obligation to her mother, who blames her for the death of Jane's stillborn fraternal twin, Benjamin, so she fights her father. During the melee, she hears her brother's voice in her head urging her on, and she leaves Abraham for dead. Her mother has left without her, so Jane flees to San Francisco for a fresh start. Three months later, she's working for a newspaper called the Prospect and posing as a boy with her brother's name, Benny Hopper. While working as a copy boy, Jane meets a woman named Vee who says, "I've got a story for you, rookie." They make an appointment to meet, which Jane doesn't keep; then Vee is attacked and hospitalized. Jane finds a picture of Vee and decides to look into the woman's life, which leads her to uncover a story of corruption that ties Jane's own new life to her former one. In her debut, Blanton-Stroud, who teaches writing at Sacramento State University, effectively evokes the dichotomy of Jane's rural and urban lifestyles, particularly when highlighting Jane's family's poverty. The author's descriptive language is robust, especially when setting scenes: "Benjamin Franklin Hopper was born into a shattered bulb, shards buried under the loose, gray silt of a ravaged Texas plain." There are occasional minor errors, and the device of Jane repeatedly hearing Benjamin's voice in her head doesn't add very much to the narrative aside from a very strong opening. Even so, Blanton-Stroud's book remains an engrossing work of fiction. An expressive and striking story that examines what one does for family and for oneself.
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"An engrossing work of fiction. An expressive and striking story that examines what one does for family and for oneself." —Kirkus Reviews
"Underneath a neatly crafted thriller is a deeper story about social mobility, gender inequality, and the higher hurdles women — particularly those of a lower class — are sometimes forced to jump over in order to make a name for themselves." —Paperback Paris
Jane's a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She'll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that's a long way off.
Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma's Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy.
Everything's looking up. She's climbing the ladder at the paper, winning...
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